OSCDumpTruck Posted June 1 Author Posted June 1 Precautionary measures replacing the blower resistor. Will be doing the improvement to the blower ground ground at the same time I do my battery cables.
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 Excited to get the battery cables updated and get the steel battery tray in.
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 As I mentioned before, my wife and I own a sign and vinyl shop. I will be making a new printed/laminated 3M decal for the coolant bottle cap to freshen that up a bit and add some flair.
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 5 Author Posted June 5 Used some scrap print vinyl with matte laminate. Much better.
JZLAJeep Posted June 5 Posted June 5 13 hours ago, OSCDumpTruck said: Used some scrap print vinyl with matte laminate. Much better. Nice!
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 7 Author Posted June 7 Refreshed the ground by the washer bottle and ran another ground from there to the motor. Added a ground stud to the relay bracket for the blower motor ground and ran a 4ga cable from there to the battery. Also installed the crankcase breather hose back on to the air box, and a new air filter. So nice having a non-warped air box!
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 9 Author Posted June 9 It has arrived! No cracks or breakage anywhere. Going to get that spray bomb off of it
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 10 Author Posted June 10 Thanks! After looking at some pics online of color matched grills (limited XJs) and consulting with my wife, I’m really leaning towards going with something like SEM trim black instead of glossy color matched black. That way I can paint myself and touch up myself if needed. Color matched grill is pretty fancy for a Sportruck
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 17 Author Posted June 17 Got my battery tray in as well as an oem black ash tray. Haven’t decided on powder coat or paint. I can finally get to work making new battery cables.
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 17 Author Posted June 17 Out with the old, along with some slight surface rust clean up and topping with some Eastwood. No more cheapo napa cables. I plan on mount in the fuse holder to the battery tray in some way shape or form. Thinking welding a bracket to the side will serve better than counter-sinking machine screws for inside the tray. Also realized that I need to get a group 34 battery for this tray, which is another upgrade from the stock battery that will go great with the new cables.
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 18 Author Posted June 18 New battery today, went with a group 34 Deka Gold with 800 CCA
OSCDumpTruck Posted June 20 Author Posted June 20 Still letting the Eastwood cure up on the MJ before I put the battery tray in and start crimping cables. So today I tackled the passenger side motor mount on the 1990 XJ as well as the oil filter adapter o rings. Will replace the driver side mount when I put in the HO air box bottom on. These battery cables will be getting replaced as well of course. Think we may be keeping this white XJ and I’ll use the blue XJ for paintable body parts for the MJ.
OSCDumpTruck Posted Thursday at 03:01 AM Author Posted Thursday at 03:01 AM Getting the battery set in so I can get to work making the new cables
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